Voices in Wool with Clara Parkes
Voices in Wool features conversations with people around the world whose lives touch, and are touched by, wool. Hosted by New York Times-bestselling author Clara Parkes and made possible by members of The Wool Channel.
Podcasting since 2021 • 7 episodes
Voices in Wool with Clara Parkes
Latest Episodes
Shop to Sheep to Skein to School: Anna Hunter's Canadian Wool Odyssey
In this episode, Clara talks with Canadian wool advocate, fiber farmer, and mill owner Anna Hunter of Long Way Homestead. Until a few years ago, Anna was happily ensconced in East Vanc...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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50:18
From Broadway Divas to Shameless Escape Artists: Shepherds and their Favorite Sheep
It takes a special kind of person to choose a life with sheep. It's not easy. It's not glamorous. It's not the kind of career path that comes with stock options or a private jet. It comes with something even better: Sheep. Spend...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:32
Autumn on the Hudson: Clara Reads from Knitlandia
In honor of this being New York Sheep and Wool Festival weekend in Rhinebeck, New York, this episode's voice in wool is Clara herself. So make yourself a cup of tea and enjoy story time as she reads the New York Sheep and Wool Festival chapter ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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19:42
Healing the Planet One Wool Sponge at a Time: A Conversation with Marie Hoff
What could washing your breakfast dishes and preventing wildfires possibly have in common?Marie Hoff may be able to help with that question.In 2013, she took on a small flock of ouessant sheep and launched Cappella Grazing in Sono...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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47:17
She Tortures Wool for a Living: Meet the Woman Helping Revive Commercial Wool Testing in the US
In 2020, the American wool industry lost an extremely important link in its production chain when the Yocom-McColl wool testing lab closed. That lab had been in operation for more than 50 years. And by the time it closed, it was our only remain...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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43:33